Matt’s hometown Houston

Normally I think it is interesting and exciting to travel to different places for conferences and presentations. But it is with a heavy heart that I make today’s journey to Houston. Tomorrow there will be a silent remembrance for Matt Simmons and it is still difficult to accept that Matt will not be with us “Peakists”. I came to Houston late in the afternoon, collected my hire car and began to drive to the centre of the city and my motel. When I booked the room it seemed to be quite centrally located but reality showed it to be a motel outside the Interstate 610 “loop” around Houston. The five-lane highway with its amazing multi-level intersections indicates that thoughts of peak oil were far away when it was designed. We needed Matt so that Houston could come up with alternative ideas.